Fluorite with Quartz on Calcite - Aiguille Verte, France - 9.5 x 8.5 x 11 cm / main crystal: 7.3 cm.
Mineral: Fluorite with Quartz on Calcite
Locality: Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.5 x 11 cm / main crystal: 7.3 cm.

Description: Mass: 357 g MIM number: 1385 Probable year of extraction : 2006 Translucent and very lustrous, pink polysynthetic octahedron on a small base of white calcite rhombohedrons; some quartz crystals skewer the fluorite laterally. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Le Règne Minéral # 100: Jul-Aug 2011", "Chroniques de Cristalliers", "Fluorite - Trésors de France/French Treasures", "extraLapis 59 - Mont Blanc - Mineralien vom weißen Berg" Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France)